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The offside flag is raised against Steven Davis. Free kick taken by Graham Stack.

92:00 +2.00

Effort from the edge of the box by Maurice Edu goes wide of the left-hand upright.

91:38 +1.38

David Wotherspoon crosses the ball, Dorin Goian manages to make a clearance.

91:11 +1.11

Free kick awarded for a foul by Lee Wallace on David Wotherspoon. Direct free kick taken by Graham Stack.

88:25

Lee Wallace crosses the ball, David Wotherspoon gets a block in. Inswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Steven Davis. Nikica Jelavic is penalised for a handball. Graham Stack restarts play with the free kick.

87:15

Effort on goal by Steven Davis from just inside the area clears the bar.

Leigh Griffiths is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Free kick taken by Allan McGregor.

78:44

Steven Davis takes a shot. Save by Graham Stack. Outswinging corner taken by Gregg Wylde from the right by-line, Nikica Jelavic takes a shot. Save by Graham Stack.

78:31

The ball is delivered by Sasa Papac, blocked by Victor Palsson.

77:25

Garry O'Connor is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Allan McGregor restarts play with the free kick.

75:42

Centre by Victor Palsson.

74:24

Maurice Edu takes a shot. Save made by Graham Stack. The assistant referee signals for offside against Nikica Jelavic. David Wotherspoon joins the action as a substitute, replacing Martin Scott. Ivan Sproule leaves the field to be replaced by Leigh Griffiths. Indirect free kick taken by Graham Stack.

67:36

Gregg Wylde produces a cross, Goal scored by Kyle Lafferty from inside the penalty box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Rangers 1-0 Hibernian.The assist for the goal came from Gregg Wylde.

Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Maurice Edu by Richie Towell. Strike on goal comes in from Kyle Lafferty from the free kick, save by Graham Stack.

35:41

Nikica Jelavic takes a shot. Save made by Graham Stack.

33:31

Ivan Sproule has an effort at goal from 20 yards. Allan McGregor makes a save. Inswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Martin Scott, Sean O'Hanlon has a headed effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the target.

Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Martin Scott by Steven Davis. Direct free kick taken by Graham Stack.

Match Preview

Bartley near to return
Rangers manager Ally McCoist has no fresh injury concerns ahead of their Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against Hibernian.
Only Kyle Bartley (hernia) and youngster Kane Hemmings (knee) remain on the sidelines, while Steven Naismith serves the second of a two-match ban.
Bartley has started running again after surgery and could return to action shortly after the international break.
McCoist has urged Maurice Edu to continue the transformation in fortunes he is now enjoying after coming through a difficult spell.
The American midfielder has battled with indifferent form and criticism from the stands in recent times but has shown a major improvement in the last few matches.
He impressed in the Old Firm derby win over Celtic and grabbed a superb goal against Dunfermline at the weekend, before producing a man of the match display in Tuesday night's 2-0 Clydesdale Bank Premier League win over Kilmarnock.
McCoist said: "I'm delighted with Maurice and I'm just pleased for him.
"There have been times when the form hasn't been great and he's been getting a little bit of criticism, as everybody does, when you sometimes warrant it and things aren't going well. I have said before that he will play his way out of it and keep going and he's got to keep doing that.
"He's that kind of player, he has to use his aggression and his athleticism and he is no mean footballer as well once he uses his first two attributes, which are very important to his game. The better qualified people to talk about Maurice Edu would be his team-mates because that's the type of player he is and they are all pleased for him."
Hibernian came through their midweek win over St Johnstone unscathed.
Danny Galbraith (ankle) and Matt Thornhill (groin) remain on the sidelines.
Sean Welsh is approaching fitness after a broken cheekbone but Michael Hart (groin) is still missing.

Formation:442Manager: Ally McCoist

Rangers

Formation: 442Manager: Colin Calderwood

Hibernian

Allan McGregor

Steven Whittaker

Dorin Goian

Carlos Bocanegra

Sasa Papac

Alejandro Bedoya

Steven Davis

Maurice Edu

Gregg Wylde

Kyle Lafferty

Nikica Jelavic

SUBS

Neil Alexander

Kirk Broadfoot

Lee Wallace

David Healy

Palazon Juanma Ortiz

Jamie Ness

Ross Perry

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Away

Graham Stack

Richie Towell

Paul Hanlon

Sean O'Hanlon

Ian Murray

Victor Palsson

Martin Scott

Isaiah Osbourne

Ivan Sproule

Junior Agogo

Garry O'Connor

SUBS

Mark Brown

Callum Booth

David Wotherspoon

Lewis Stevenson

David Stephens

Akpo Sodje

Leigh Griffiths

Match Report

Kyle has a Laff
Kyle Lafferty grabbed the only goal of the game as Rangers moved 10 points clear of Celtic at the summit of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with a 1-0 win over Hibs.
The Northern Irishman netted in the second half after Steven Whittaker missed from the penalty spot just before half-time.
The win allowed the Scottish champions to pile the pressure on Celtic - who have two games in hand - ahead of their meeting with Hearts tomorrow, with nearest rivals Motherwell nine points behind Rangers.
Ally McCoist made just one change from the midweek win over Kilmarnock for the visit of Hibs.
Alejandro Bedoya was handed his first league start for the clash at Ibrox, with Juan Manuel Ortiz dropped to the bench.
The Edinburgh side also made a single change from the side who defeated St Johnstone on Wednesday, with Martin Scott drafted into the side ahead of Leigh Griffiths.
Rangers dominated the possession early on but both sides struggled to create much in the way of clear goalscoring opportunities in the opening spell.
But Gregg Wylde should have had the net bulging after 17 minutes when he raced on to a Steven Davis pass with only the goalkeeper to beat. Instead, Graham Stack made the save.
The youngster then squandered another great chance when Nikica Jelavic teed up the shot, Wylde blasting over when he should at least have tested Stack.
Wylde turned provider for Lafferty but he bulleted a header wide of the target, with the offside flag raised anyway.
At the other end, goalkeeper Allan McGregor was called into action to block a well-struck effort from Ivan Sproule.
Stack then produced a great save to deny a point-blank shot from Jelavic after good play between the Croatian and Lafferty.
Rangers were handed a penalty on the stroke of half-time after Lafferty was brought down in the box by Stack after rounding the goalkeeper.
But Whittaker blasted well over from the spot after winning the battle with Jelavic to step up for the pressure kick, as the first half ended goalless.
Rangers made a change at the interval, with Bedoya withdrawn and Jamie Ness thrown into the action after his recovery from injury.
Hibs could have opened the scoring a couple of minutes after the restart when Paul Hanlon met a cross from Scott only to head just over.
The visitors had another great chance when Garry O'Connor released Junior Agogo into the box and the flag stayed down. McGregor blocked bravely at his feet, before Agogo smashed the rebound into the side netting.
Ness then had the ball in the back of the net with an hour gone but the assistant's offside flag was already raised before he unleashed the shot.
The breakthrough finally came after 68 minutes when a Wylde cross into the box dropped for Lafferty at the back post and he fired home from six yards to hand Rangers the advantage.
The home side immediately set about trying to double their lead and Maurice Edu forced a decent save from the goalkeeper, before Jelavic followed up with the rebound that was offside.
Stack then produced a superb one-handed save to prevent a ferocious strike from Davis finding the back of the net but Rangers managed to hold on for the narrow victory.